Hmm, didn't know you were there.
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Me on 2007-11-05
In Reply to: if you Knew How They Were, why did you go there - this sounds exaggerated - see message -
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This is how the orthopedic docs are at this office, but my mom has always gone there and isn't going to change. Her usual MD there is great, but when one needs to be seen for an emergency, they can't usually get you in with your preferred MD - you get the one who is in the office handling emergencies. They did not give us a chance to explain anything; they made up their minds and were too busy to listen to us.
Excuse me if you don't feel this example applies to the original post, but I was trying to show the OP she is not alone is having trouble communicating with MDs. They often have preconceived ideas and certain words tick them off. Mary has been treated poorly time and again, and I was trying to help her get the help she needs. If all the MDs except her rheumatologist don't think her diagnosis exists, then she has sort of hit a stone wall as far as treatment. If they don't agree with the diagnosis, then I'd want to hear what their explanation is for the pain.
Just because many docs deny a condition exists doesn't mean they are correct. Do you remember a few years ago when all the MDs were denying that H. pylori caused gastric ulcers? It took years before they would treat that bacteria because they had not been told by the traditional researchers that H. pylori was the cause of many peptic ulcers.
Doctors can be very stubborn.
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